When my son was little, he wore a tool belt and carried “Cool Tools” everywhere with him (when he wasn’t dressed up as a cowboy, of course.) I made him lots of hats, but never a tool hat, though I did make a tool sweater. My nephew’s kids want hats and their mom told me I couldn’t go wrong with “tools, animals, dinosaurs or sports.” So here are the tools, finally.

TOOL TIME is not a Hard Hat, but a Fun Hat for Handymen (Women and Kids) of all sizes. Wrenches, hammers, saws and L-squares make up the border of this cap in 3 sizes: Infant, Child & Adult. Above the tool border is a flat rib to add textural interest to the top of the cap. It was inspired by my “Julie’s Hearts & Kyle’s Tool Time Sweater” Pattern. Though intended for kids, three of my four testers chose the adult size! Graphs are slightly different for each size. Child size is shown in photo.

Needles (shorter needles will work best for infant and child sizes) US 7 (4.5mm) 16 or 24 inch circular needles, or size to obtain gauge US 7 (4.5mm) DPNs same size as needles above US 6 (4.25 mm) 16 or 24” circular needles OR 1 size smaller than above needles.